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The following article by Erin Golden and J. Patrick Coolican was posted on the StarTribune website December 13, 2017:

Minnesota’s lieutenant governor, a Democrat, will take over for Sen. Al Franken when he officially resigns from Senate.

Lt. Gov. Tina Smith accepted an appointment to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, preparing to replace Al Franken as one of Minnesota’s most powerful officials in Washington and vowing to protect the seat for Democrats in next year’s special election.

“Though I never anticipated this moment, I am resolved to do everything I can to move Minnesota forward,” Smith said, moments after DFL Gov. Mark Dayton announced that he was her choice to replace Franken following his upcoming resignation in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal.

When she officially joins the Senate — likely to happen in early January — Smith will join Sen. Amy Klobuchar to make Minnesota one of only four states with two women senators (the others are California, Washington and New Hampshire). Read More

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Dean Phillips’s life did not begin as many expect. His birth father, Artie Pfefer, was killed in Vietnam when Dean was just six months old. Two years later, his mother DeeDee married Eddie Phillips, who adopted Dean and both nurtured and mentored him until his

​untimely ​passing in 2011. Dean attended elementary school in Edina and grew up playing hockey and wading in Nine Mile Creek. After graduating college, Dean worked his way up at the family business, eventually becoming CEO of Phillips Distilling Company. He later left to help turn Talenti Gelato into the best-selling gelato brand, and now co-owns and operates Penny’s Coffee, a small business where they voluntarily pay their employees a livable wage. Dean has two daughters, Daniela (19) and Pia (17) and a new dog named Henry. He is running for Congress to bring inclusive, responsible and independent-minded leadership back to Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District.

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He’s a Creative Director, Onion writer and award-winning messaging expert. But most importantly he’s a dad and he’s a progressive. Running for family health, family leave and a family income on small donations and absolutely no corporate money. Always honest. Always direct. Always creative. Let’s do something.

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Adam Jennings lives in Tonka Bay with his wife Dr. Megan Jennings, a pediatrician, and their two children. Adam worked his way through college at the U of M working at the Ford Twin Cities Assembly Plant as a UAW member, and in administration at the U of M as a member of AFSCME. After 9/11, Adam joined the Minnesota Army National Guard, where he served eight years – including being deployed to Kosovo. Adam got his MBA in finance at the Carlson School. He has worked professionally at Allianz and Mortenson Construction, and owns a small business that provides housing for military veterans.